Senior Staff Technical Program Manager

Company Description

At ServiceNow, our technology makes the world work for everyone, and our people make it possible. We move fast because the world can’t wait, and we innovate in ways no one else can for our customers and communities. By joining ServiceNow, you are part of an ambitious team of change makers who have a restless curiosity and a drive for ingenuity. We know that your best work happens when you live your best life and share your unique talents, so we do everything we can to make that possible. We dream big together, supporting each other to make our individual and collective dreams come true. The future is ours, and it starts with you. 

With more than 7,700+ customers, we serve approximately 85% of the Fortune 500®, and we're proud to be one of FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® and World's Most Admired Companies™.

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Job Description

Team & Role

As a Technical Program Manager, you will be communicating, coordinating, and collaborating with cross-functional teams daily.  Working most closely with the Engineering, Product Management, UX Design, and QA teams, you will be influencing all aspects of the product delivery process.  

What you get to do in this role:

• Work side-by side with some of the most innovative and collaborative product and technology leaders on high-visibility initiatives 
• Responsible for taking company-wide, mission critical IT projects from original concept through final implementation  
• Ensure adherence to processes, quality standards and deliverables so that your projects are delivered with machine-like predictability 
• Create transparency through reports, dashboards, and status 
• Help manage risks, dependencies and escalate impediments 
• Help manage the team’s releases and navigating release requirements 
• Use critical thinking skills to solve difficult and sometimes ambiguous problems 
• Drive process improvements and create documentation to promote best practices 
• Coordinate day to day activities required to deliver a great solution on time 

Qualifications

In order to be successful in this role, we need someone who has: 

• Ability to build strong, trusting relationships with development teams, product management, stakeholders, and cross-functional development groups 
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills 
• Demonstrated experience planning and driving the integration of small or startup engineering teams into a larger enterprise 
• Skilled at identifying waste in end-to-end development, deployment, and release processes and driving continuous improvement across the organization  
• A proven ability to lead through influence 
• High emotional intelligence to effectively manage a diverse team working in different environments 
• Exceptional team building and team management skills, including interpersonal skills, conflict resolution, and negotiation 
• Demonstrated competence in key program management best practices: program planning, schedule construction and management; risk assessment & mitigation, change management, and predictive metrics 
• Encourage, support, and guide continuous improvement of the team, its products, and processes 
• An orientation for execution with a strong process and metrics focus 
• Clearly communicate changes/requests to the team and status/compromises to stakeholders 
• Comfortable in hybrid waterfall and Agile development processes

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP Certification or equivalent  
• Agile or Scrum Certification or equivalent  

 

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years in program management with a proven track record of leading complex programs 
• A solid understanding of SDLC and release management practices in cloud-based SaaS product organizations  

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